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UK protesters block bus in attempt to stop asylum seekers from being moved to a barge

UK protesters block bus in attempt to stop asylum seekers from being moved to a barge

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Africanews
Published on 2024-05-03 12:56:20

On Thursday, protesters blocked a bus which was believed to have arrived in Peckam (southern London) to embark asylum-seekers bound for a controversial barge.

The Bibby Stockholm barge, a 222-room, three-storey boat was chartered by the UK government last year. It is currently moored off Dorset one of the UK’s poorest coastline communities.

The demonstrators slashed the tires of the bus before sitting on the road.

The bus that was eventully escorted without its anticipated passengers.

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